Machine for affixing identification seals or tags



1,847,841 MACHINE FOR AFFIXING IDENTIFICATION SEALS OR TAGS D. D LEVY MZibh I. 1932.

2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Fil ed March 12, v1929 March 1, 1932. 4 D. D. LEVY 1,847,841

MACHINE FOR AFFIXING IDENTIFICATION SEALS OR TAGS Filed March 12, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 avweutot 45 '8' 35. 41 flame/ s $182M? Patented Mar. 1, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DUDLEY D. LEVY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR T0 DUDLEY RESEARCH CORPORATION,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A. CORPORATION OF NEW YORK MACHINE FOR AFFIXING IDENTIFICATION SEALS OR TAGS Application filed March 12, 1929. Serial No. 848,464,

This invention relates to a machine for affixing identification seals oi tags to various commodities or articles such as furs, skins, rugs, leather, aluminum, oil-cloth, tex- 5 tiles, paper and textile goods, and the like.

The object of the invention includes the production of a machine for rapidly and securely fastening on the goods in question the manufacturers identification seal or tag 1n such a way that the securing elements of the seal or tag are hidden from view and that the seal or tag cannot be removed or replaced without detection.

Another object resides in the provision of means whereby the seal or tag members are fed into position from opposite directions and are placed upon the commodity or article to be tagged or sealed by a single operation of the machine.

Another object of the. invention includes the provision of a comparatively simple and inexpensive machine by which the above object is accomplished and which will feed the seal or tag members into position from either strips of seal or tag members, or as individual seal or tag members, and place the same in the path of the sealing element whereby the two members of the seal are brought together on op osite surfaces of the skin or commodity to e sealed and then fastened thereto.

Other objects will appear hereinafter and I obtain these objects y the construction shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure I is a front view elevation of a machine suited .for carrying out my purpose;

Fig. 2 is an elevation viewed from the right-hand side of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an elevation viewed from the lefthand side of Fig. 1; i

Fig. 4 is a top plan view thereof; 7

Fig. 5 is a view on the line 5-5 of Fig.3 showing the tag or seal chutes in relation to the se mg members;

Fig. 6 is a view from the left-hand side of Fig. 5 with the chute covers removed;

ig. 7 is an enlarged detail of a portion j j of the construction shown in Fig. 5, showing the upper sealing member in position u on the material and the lower sealing mem er ready to be moved up onto the material to be ta ged;

ig. 8 is a view of the lower portion of the upper tag chute and related parts;

Fig. 9 is a sectional view thereof showing the tag placed in the position which it takes before it is moved down upon the mate rial to be sealed or tagged;

Fig. 10 is a front view of the lower portion of the chute shown in Fig. 9; j

Fig. 11' is a view taken on line 11-11 extended on Fig. 3 to show the relation of the links and the movable sealing member but omitting the upper chute;

Fig. 12 is a plan and side elevational view' of a strip of tag or sealing members suitable for use in my apparatus.

Like numerals of reference will refer to similar parts throughout the several views wherever they occur.

It has been found, in connection with various commodities such as those named in the opening paragraph, that the seal or identification tags are not always securely fastened to prevent bein removed accidentally or intentionally. I ave discovered and invented seal members which will prevent accidental or intentional removal of seal members from the goods or commodities identified by such members and have devised amachine for effectively placing the said seal members onto the commodities to be tagged or sealed. The use of the seal members is very extensive and these seal members are proposed to be affixed quickly and securely by my machine which I have invented for this purpose. The essen-' l j tial elements of the machine include means I for supporting and feeding tag members I in position so that from opposite directions these may be applied to the goods on the opposite surfaces thereof and be secured thereto in such a way as to be not removed or replaced I r without indicating that the seal has been broken. The sealing is accomplished by. two movable jaws which are so arranged 'as'to. move onto the goods in successive stages.

places That is, the upper jaw moves down and the sealing member onto the goods first, then the lower jaw moves upward and places the lower sealing member onto the goods and the gether with the springs two sealing elements are then pressed together so that their interlockingtines engage the geoods underneath the tags themselves so as to completely hidden from view. The

tags may bema'de up in strips from suitable m enforcing plate 21 and a lower re-entorcing plate 22 through'which are suitable apertures for holding and securing sleeves 23. In this particular instance there are two sleeves side side tomovably receive two parallel guide bars 24. On the upper end of the guide bars '24 therelis secured a head or ivot lever member 25. 1""- On the lowerend 0 said guide bars there is fastened and-secured the lower flnVll-j glower. anvil aw in the manner shown in Figs. '5 -and 7 This member, therefore, moves :3" aw 26 having-a sealing head 26'. On theyu a per portion of sleeves 23 anvil jaw 27 having a sealing head 27;. 5'

An operating lever 28 is pivoted at --5 head or pivot lever member 25. A pairjzoi- 32, and the lower end of these linksiis-Ipiv otally united at. .34 onto the upper anvil jaw 27. .Theapparatus is operated by suitabl means such as a foot lever 31 and connecting link in the manner readily understood."

The upper anvil jaw carries fastened there i on the upper tag chute 35, and the lower anvil.

jaw has secured thereto the. lower tag chute 36. This chute 36 is an open trough as is best 35 shown in Fig. 3 anduhas a chute cover 36.

This chute and cover move up and down as the P lower jaw is moved up and downin a main ner to be explained more fully below. z: v The upper tag chute is also an open trough and is covered by a chute cover 37. This member carries secured thereon a spring 38v for holding the tag or tag strips in position. Within the upper tag chute there is provided an inner tag advancln 0r ositioning chute 39 having a spring 38 or advancing the tags 40 into position as will be more fully explained below. In the lower portion of the tag advancing and positioning chute 39 thereis provided a tag bending or positioning for 41 whichis fixed on the end of the bell crank 42 so as to rock thereonand bend the tag 40 into a fixing position inthe path of the The other descending anvil jaw head 27 end of bell crank 42engages a toggle link 43 which is securedbybracket 44 onto the base-plate 20. From this construction it will be seen that whenever the anvil jaw 27 moves upward it will carry with it the chute 36, cover 37 and the tag advancing chute 39, to-

38 and 38. It will be noted that the slot in link 43 is of such length as will engage the end of bell crank lever 42 and hold the same from advancing in a certain position thereby pulling down 85 the tag advancing chute 39 and rocking the the guide bars above jt @331 there is movably held'thecupper ;-:.;'With1n thls member there 15 provided the 25 links 33 are secured to-the end of the lever"ati-?,.

of this member is substantially a duplicate of Qthe upper, tagchute placing member 39, de-

'by said link is moved up and down.

noted that a knife shears tag-positioning fork 4liso to place a tag manner shown in Fig. 7 during the time whenthe corresponding lower anvil jaw moves the lower tag onto the material from the opposite side.

For the purpose of feedin and providing tags for the lower side of th above. This member is fastenedonto the down and up with the lower anvil jaw.

lower tag positioning chute 49 which is fastened onto the base-plate 20 by suitable such as rivets 47. The construction e material, the 1 lower tag chute 36 is provided, as described scribed abov.e.*' ,In this instance, however, it

.is secured to the base-plate and is not mov- P able. -v A-tag placing fork 51 secured to and operated by bell crank 52 for bending or positioning t e tags 40 into operative position in the manner shown in'Fig. 7 is provided. A toggle link 53 provided with a slot engages the opposite end of bell crank 52. The upr end of this link is pivotally fastened by bracket 54 onto the upper anvil jaw 27 wIherel n its upward movement, however, when the end of the slot is reached bell crank 52 is rocked so as to bend tag 40 into the position shown in Figure 1 in which position it is retained as the lower jaw is moved upwards to carry with it said tag and lace the same on the under-surface of the goods 46 where it is secured when the jaws are pressed together. This operation occurs consecutively. That is, the upper member moves down into posik tion first, and then the lower member is moved into its position thereafter, thus having the advantage of holding the goods in firm position upon the plate 20. It will be The lower anvil jaw is moved up and down on the guide stem 56, as is best shown in Fig.

2. The upper end 57 of this Stem serves as a the lower tag stop and fulcrum memberfor the upper jaw when it is brought down into closed position.

From the description thus far given it Will be apparent that a succession of seal members, either in strips or otherwise, is constantly supplied and fed into position in front of the jaw members so as to be brought down into sealing position when the jaw members close. This operation is accomplished by the moven'ient of the operating lever in the direction shown by the arrow on Fig. 2, thereby causing the upper anvil jaw and associated parts to descend onto the material in the manner shown in Fig. 7. During the descent the lever is fulcrumed at 29. The moment, however, that jaw member 27 engages stop mcm ber 57 the continuing motion of lever 28 will pull the guide bars 24 upwards and withit move the lower jaw and associated parts in upward direction so as to close onto the material in the manner shown in Figs. 7, 5 and 3, respectively, in succession. \Vhen now the jaws are to be released member 28 is rocked in the opposite direction; This returns the lower jaw and then carries up the upper jaw member and associated parts to such an extent as will be permitted by the movement of the lever. lVhen the end of hell crank 42, which engages with the slot in link 43, reaches its end the tag strip in the advancing chute 39 is pulled downward into advance position carrying with it a new tag. As the receding motion continues the bell crank lever will be rocked to bend tag 40 into position in the manner shown in Fig. 9. During this time the lower lever jaw and chute will have receded into its normal position and a new tag is retained in advance position and bent by reason of bell crank lever 52 being rocked in the manner described above, thus bringing a lower tag into the path of the lower jaw head for the purpose stated.

The tags themselves may assume various shapes, such as square, or other forms, and in the preferred form used in connection with this apparatus they are retained in strips with under cuts 61 and tines 62. These tines are stamped out of the metal as shown. A boss 63 serves to engage the end of the tine and turn these under so as to firmly rivet the same onto the material.

It will be obvious to those versed in the art that various changes in the mechanism will suggest themselves and I do not, by the specific description just given, intend to'limit myself to the exact structure excepting as herein claimed.

What I claim, ful is:

1. In a seal and tag afiixing machine, a base-plate having sleeves therethrougli, a guide bar movably hel in each 'of said sleeves to extend above and elow said base-plate, an anvil jaw secured to said bars beneath said base-plate, a second anvil jaw slidably therefore, as new and usemounted on said bars above said base-plate, a head or pivot lever member to which said bars are fastened, an operating lever pivotally mounted in said head, means for moving in succession said upper and said lower anvil jaws respectively towards said base-plate and then away again, and means for placing a seal member in the path of said upper and lower anvil head.

2. In a seal and tag afiixing machine, a base-plate having sleeves thercthrough, a guide bar movably held in each of said slee es to extend above and below said baseplate, neath said base-plate, a second anvil jaw slidably mounted on said bars above said baseplate, a head or pivot lever member to which said bars are fastened, an operating lever pivotally mounted in said head, means for moving in succession said upper and said lower anvil jaws respectively onto a commodity to which the seal or tag members are ailixed from opposite sides, and means for positioning new seal members as the jaw members are opened.

3., In a seal and tag affixing machine, a base-plate having a pair of sleeves, guide bars movably mounted in said sleeves, an anvil jaw slidably mounted on said guide bars, a second anvil jaw fastened to said guide bars, tag supplying means associated with said anvil jaws, and 1118 3118 for successively bringing the head of each jaw respectively into tag affixing positioii onto the base-plate.

4. In a seal and tag affixing machine, a base-plate having a pair of sleeves, guide bars movably mounted in said sleeves, an anvil jaw slidably mounted on said guide bars, a sec ond anvil jaw fastened to said guide bars, tag supplying means associated with said anvil jaws, means for successively withdrawing said anvil jaws fromthe sea-ling position, and means for injecting new seal members into the path of each anvil head.

5. In a seal and tag affixing machine, the combination of means for advancing seal members toward each other onto opposite sides of a commodity to be sealed or tagged, means for positioning one of said seal members onto said commodity in advance of the other member, means for pressing said seal members together on the commodity, and means for severing said pressed seal members from their successive seal members as the seal I members are affixed.

6. In a seal and tag affixing machine, the combination of means for guiding seal memhere from opposite directions towards each other onto opposite sides of a commodity to be sealed or tagged, an upper jaw member and a lower jaw member mounted to move towards each other, means to position said members successively onto the op os'ite surfaces of said commodity, means flir moving each of said jaws away from one side of the an anvil jaw secured to said bars beseal and then from the'other, means for interposing a new seal member'into the path of each of said jaw members, and means cooperating with each jaw member for severing I combination of means for guidin seal members towards each other and p acmg said the seal member from its successive seal member when said new seal member is aifixed.

7. In a seal and tag 'afiixm machine, the

members face to face on opposite sides of a commodity to be sealed or tagged, a pair of jaw members mounted to move towards'each other in stages, means to osition said membets on the opposite sur aces ofsaid commodlty, means to interpose a new sealmemher into the path of each jaw member, means to bring one of the jaw members into sealing position in advance of its companion, and means cooperating with each jaw member for severing the seal member from its successive seal member when said new seal member is afiixed.

8. In a seal and tag aifixin" machine, the combination of means for gui ing and means for advancing strips of seal members towards each other onto opposite sides of a commodity to be sealed, means for placing said seal mem bers face to :face on opposite sides of said commodity, a pair of jaws mounted to move towards each other and position said seal 'members on the opposite surfaces of said commodity to form a seal thereon, means for releasing said jaws and move the same away from said seal, and means for bringing new seal members into the path of said jaws.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand on this 9th day of March A. 1).,

DUDLEY D. LEVY. 

